London, Feb. 15.
The German High Command communique again referred yesterday to the action which it had reported the day before, and which is still unconfirmed in London, of an attack by a German warship on an enemy convoy in the Atlantic. and claims the total tonnage sunk as about 22,000.
"The communique declares that during air-raids on the British isles, German bombers scored hits on an electric power station near Glasgow, as well as on harbour installations on the east coast of Scotland and south-east England.
Tt states that a convoy was attacked and dispersed east of Peterhead, en the east coast of Scotland, and that six ships were severely damaged by bomb hits. The same bomber claimed heavy hits on a large merchant man and on a submarine that "may be reckoned a total loss"
In the Mediterranean area it stated a bomber formation had raided an airfield, in Cyrenaica and made successful daylight raids on Malta.
Meanwhile, reports from Funchal, Madeira, state that six ships in a British convoy steaming northwards between Madeira and the Azores are believed to have been sunk by a German surface raider—apparently a pocket-battleship. Over 100 survivors landed in Funchal yesterday —Reuter.
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